New custom all steel home in Los Angeles, CA. Fire Resistant Roof & Wall Panels are able to meet the Wildland-Urban Interface (“WUI”) Building Materials Testing Standards. This home is another WildFire Rebuild in an area of standard design tract homes with spanish tile roofs and lumber framed/ stucco walls. The California Net Zero 2020 Housing Plan is aggressive. EcoSteel is actively involved in the development of buildings that exceed California’s Commercial ZNE Action Plan Update.
Private Residential
Napa Fire Rebuild
Custom Estate Home / Fire Rebuild
Atlas Peak, Napa County
The Atlas Peak Fire destroyed many properties, this home owner is rebuilding with Fire Resistant/ All Steel building materials. The insulated steel roof panels of the fire resistant all steel home are “Solar Ready,” ahead of the California Net Zero Energy Code beginning in 2020. The pre-engineered Panels provide unmatched insulation for the roof and walls, while providing superior thermal properties to easily exceed Title 24 Energy Code requirements.
The intricate roof lines and customized floor plan shows the flexibility and creativity available with steel framed construction. The construction of the all steel building home provides CalFire/Wildland Urban Interface testing standards approval along with Fire Rated technologies that are unavailable with lumber construction.
Napa Fire Rebuilding
Custom Modern Home – Fire Rebuild.
After these clients lost their home to a fire, Designer Carlo DiFede introduced EcoSteel as an alternative building supplier with fire resistant steel construction. This project incorporates a Pre-Engineered steel building solution for speed and economical construction costs. An energy efficient alternative to traditional lumber materials was chosen and the insulated steel panels are Net Zero Energy compliant ready for the California Building Code of 2020. Clear span open interiors with abundant natural light and Nana Wall folding glass doors complete the entertainment space.
Hillside Home
EcoSteel has the perfect prefab home for hillside slopes, high seismic areas, steep slopes, wildfire zones and Title 24 Energy Code compliance. Our super-efficient insulated steel panels exceed California’s Net Zero Energy Home Requirement that will be in effect starting 2020, and allow us to create an earthquake-resistant house. Large clear span rooms with floor to ceiling walls of glass bring in the panoramic ocean views. A roof top deck provides privacy to the guest wing of the home. Speed of construction and high quality commercial grade steel components provide a huge value to any building project in Earthquake prone areas.
Modern Construction
Custom Home with KoDA Miami
COMPLETION DATE: SUMMER 2018 Set alongside Colorado’s Tenmile mountain range, this modern custom prefab home in Breckenridge serves as a gathering place for an active family. They imagined a retreat that would accommodate groups of extended family and friends and provide a connection to the landscape and surrounding views for year-round recreation, especially during the ski season.
The site is defined by a dramatic incline, which slopes a total of 50’ in height starting at the front of the property and cresting at the rear. The building was designed to perch onto the site in the least disruptive way, minimizing the need for expensive cutting or filling. Using a combination of concrete walls and piloti, the building delicately touches down on the complex topographic landscape and seamlessly integrates with the surrounding forest of Spruce and Douglas Fir. The positioning of the house arrived from a careful analysis of the everchanging environmental factors present during each season throughout the year. Capitalizing on available views was paramount and the fenestration was developed to frame the mountain peaks as well as the nearby Blue River Valley.
The home provides multiple living zones, organized around two main axes – the view towards the mountain peaks to the northwest and the view towards the valley to the northeast. A multi-story stair hall serves as the entrance to the home and separates the private functions from the more public, such as the kitchen, dining and outdoors entertaining areas. The double-height family room is established between a large window that frames the mountain-view and a formal fireplace, which provides warmth to the main level as well as the mezzanine above.
The design of the house employs sustainable technologies, including the use of insulated steel panels for the roof and building skin, as well as the incorporation of solar panels, which are oriented south for maximum exposure. The steel panels applied to the sloped roofs add insulative value, but also prevent the accumulation of snow due to the lack of material friction. The wood flooring is recycled from local pine trees that have been damaged by the pernicious mountain pine beetle, thus improving the condition of the local forest.
The overall sequence of spaces, built and natural, synthesize a unique experience for mountain living. The residence facilitates a year-round retreat for the family, celebrating its connection to mountain, valley and surrounding forest.
